Guggenheim Partners, LLC, is a global investment and advisory financial services firm that engages in investment banking, capital markets services, investment management, and investment advisory services. The firm is headquartered in New York City and Chicago with over 2,500 staff located in 20 cities throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. It has more than US$210 billion of assets under management. Its fundamental investment philosophy is to acquire and manage infrastructure portfolios that meet the needs of Guggenheim's institutional and private clients worldwide, specifically long-life real assets with annual cash yields and attractive total returns, characterized by relatively low volatility. It seeks to invest in infrastructure assets and projects that provide diversity across sectors and geographies, and for which active asset management may improve efficiency and profitability.